The Week of Champions deserves a supersized Athletes of the Week–congrats to all the winners. HIGH SCHOOL Kelly Hawkshaw, Millikan Baseball In a must-win game, Millikan starter Kelly Hawkshaw took a no-hitter into the sixth against Poly. Hawkshaw retired 11 in a row from the second to the fifth inning, and Millikan went on to […]
The 2018 Long Beach State men’s volleyball national championship season is not a Cinderella story. However, the 49ers played like rabid underdogs against UCLA on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion where championship banners hang like pieces of art in a museum of historic success. Mike and I fought for five years at the Long Beach Press-Telegram […]
There were so many moments when the match could have slipped away, when the evening could have soured and the season could have come to an end in bitter disappointment. Instead, the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team relied on the grit and determination they’ve developed over the last year and made history. Thanks to […]
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Millikan won the Moore League gymnastics championship at Lakewood High on Friday with an overall score of 173.850. It is the Rams’ eighth league title in the last nine years, and senior Julia Fielder repeated as the individual league champion. The reigning Moore League Gymnast of the Year finished with 36.150 points, and used her […]
Summer workouts, fall practices, a long and grinding season: it’s all led to this. The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team has a chance at history today as the 49ers face UCLA in the NCAA championship at 4 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion. The match will be televised on ESPN 2. “It’s down to two teams,” […]
The Millikan baseball team graciously accepted all of the gifts given to them on Friday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. Before the Rams took the field against Long Beach Poly they watched Wilson knock off Lakewood to put Millikan (18-10, 9-1) alone atop the Moore League standings. Then the Rams took advantage of Jackrabbit […]
When the dust settled after 12 hits and eight runs in the final two innings between rivals Wilson and Lakewood at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field on Friday, the Bruins emerged victorious, 7-5. It is their third win over the Lancers in their last eight Moore League meetings. High School Baseball: Long Beach Wilson vs. […]